Evergreen Christian Community

Nehemiah 13:6-9Nehemiah 13:15-22Context- The thirty-second year of Artaxerxes would have been around 433 BC and this is when Nehemiah returned to Persia and was there for some time before he requested he visit Jerusalem. His return visit was around 430 or 429 BC, and he tells us what he found in Jerusalem (vv 6-7).- Tobiah and Eliashib were somehow connected (perhaps related through a marriage). Tobiah was fiercely against the work of the wall (Neh 2:10).- Nehemiah reminded everyone the definition of not working included:  • treading wine • loading • transporting • selling grain, grapes, or figs • buying goods from foreigners.Big idea last week: We find freedom from conformity through our surrender to transformation.Big Idea: Surrender to transformation begins with divesting from the things that entangle us and resting in God.1. Divest from the things that entangle youHebrews 12:1-22. Rest in GodPsalm 91:1Psalm 37:7Matthew 11:28-30Response:• Clear out the things in your life that hinder you from fully surrend